- T20I debut: v Netherlands at Lord's, June 5 2009
- Hugely promising leg-spinner who has been hotly tipped for England honours since taking six wickets on his Yorkshire debut in 2006 when just 18 years old.
- Forced to remodel his action after stress fracture to the back.
- Also has genuine batting ability, with a first-class average over 30 and two hundreds for Yorkshire.
- Toured India and West Indies with England in 2008/9 without making his international debut.
- Impressed during the World Twenty20 on home soil in June 2009.
- Named as one of three spinners - alongside Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar - in England's pre-Ashes training squad in June 2009.